Spring guard for vehicles



L. H. B/HAND. SPRINGGUARD FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN-23,1922- Patented Jul 1922..

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Application filed January 23, 1922. Serial No. 531,263.

To (IZZ 207mm it may concern.

Be it known that 1, Lotus H. B. HAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Harvey, in the county of Cook and State of lllinoiahave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Guards for Vehicles in which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to guards for vehicles, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed. 1

An object of my inventionis to provide :2. guard for vehicles which isbonstructed in such .nienner as to be capable of a maximum range of movement under stress for a guard of a given size Withoutrupture or permanent set. p f

it further object oflmy invention is to provide guard of the character described which is designed to eiiectively dissipate t shocks and jars received in service "u; about communicating such shocks and j arsto a supporting vehicle frame. j

A further object of my invention is to provide a guard which can be applied to or dismounted from the f rame of an automobile or lilre vehicle in a minimum of time and with the use of tools ordinarily available.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a guard which is strong and duure 2 in side elevation and a portion of the Table and is free from the bolt receiving openings hinges ordinarily comprised in like devices Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and the novel features of the invention will be particularly outlined in the appended claims. My invention is illustrated in the accompanyingadrawings,. forming a part of this application, in which,

Figure 1- is a front view of a embodiment of the invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the guard applied,

Figure 3 is a view showing a portion of the supporting structure shown also in Fig practical guard in section, and

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a pair or" spring members AA of general elliptical shape and a springmember C of genercl arcuate or bowshape for connecting the elliptical spring members. Thea'rc coinciding with the spring member G is struck by a radius of relatively great length.-

Each of the elliptical spring members A is formed by preference of asingle metallic bar having spring qualities and fashioned to i provide reversely curved front and rear portions 1 and 2, respectively, merged one into' curved or bent at 6 to lie contiguous to the I extremity of the hook. A clip' 7 embraces the portions 5 and 6 of the hook and back portions as Well as the confronting or adja-. cent portion of the front portion and holds these parts in assembled relation.

It is to be observed at this point that the front and back portions of each elliptical spring member A abut each other at the juncture of these portions withtlie portion 3, as indicated at The connecting spring member C coniprises two similar bars 9 and'lO which are coextensive in length and are held in spaced edge-Wise alinement by the clamps K-K and Kf-K. Each of the clamps K consists of a pair of clamping plates 11 and 12, each provided with a series of spaced openings therethrough adapted to receive bolts 13. The distance between adjacent openings through the clamping plates is substantially the same as the Width of the bars 9 and 10 and of the front portions 1. The bolts 13 are projected through registering openings in such manner that adjacent bolts are disposed transversely of opposite edges of one of the bars 9, 10 or front portion 1, so that the spring member-C Will be attached to the front portion 1 of the elliptical spring memhers A-A when nuts 14 are screwed on the,

ends of the bolts 13. Wedge-shapedwooden cushion blocks 15 are arranged between the connected together parts of the spring member C and the elliptical spring members AL -A and are. secured in place by the bolts -13 which extend through openings 16 in the cushion'blocks as illustrated to advantage in Figure 4:.

The spring member C further attached to the elliptical spring members ll. by the clamps K. each of which consists of a front clamping plate 17 which by preference is semi-annular in conformation, as shown and is provided at each end thereof with oppositely extending ears 1Sl8 and li -lll, all of said ears being in alinement. Bolts 20 projected through the ears l8l8 straddle the bar 10 adjacent to the ends thereof and other bolts 20 projected through the ears 19-49 straddle the bar-9 adjacent to the ends of the latter. l he bolts projected through the adjacent ears at the opposite ends of the clamping;- 'ilate 17 extend transversely of and in contact with the front portions 1 ol the elliptical spring members A. Nuts 21. are screwed on the bolts 20 to maintain the parts just described in assembled position.

A reinforcing plate 22 is provided with pairs of cars 22l-i23 and 24-24: at diametrically opposed points and bolts 25 projected through such ears straddle the hers 9 and '10 inl'ermodiately of their length. The plate 2 is held in contiguous relation to the bars 9 and H) by means of nuts 26 threadedly engaged with the bolts 25.

It is important to note that the spring member C is attached to the front portions 1 of the elliptical spring members A A internlecliately of the length of the latter and. that each of the spring members A is connected at spaced apart points With the spring member C.

A pair of bracket arms X X having in tegral yoke portions LP-Y -at their outer ends provide means for attaching the spring members A-A to supporting members ll-S, which may be parts of the frame of an automobile or like vehicle. Each of the bracket arms X is provided with an opening 27 therethrough and with a slot or elongated opening 28 there-through some- What nearer to tlieirear end thereof than the opening land in alinenient with the latter.

()bv'iously, bracket arm X. may be secured to supports S of dill'erent sizes when bolts 25) carried by the latter are projected through the openings 27 and 2S and nuts 30 are screwed on the ends thereof.

The yoke portion Y is formed to provide e pair of spaced apart parallel arms 31-31 adapted to straddle the back pow tions 2 of the elliptical spring members AA and the reinforcing or stillening bars 32 arranged conti uons thereto intermediately of their length. Bolts 33 are projected through the lower ends of the arms Lil-31 and the lower edges of the embraced portions 2 and 32 rest upon such bolts, whereby the elliptical spring members A-A will beheld against displacement relatively to the supports S-S. Q It Will thus be observed that my improved ter or the like may be produced upon L l-2491s guard includes three separate spring lll(7lihers formed of iii'i icrforate elements, whereby a maximum strength is assured with. h; of a given and made of a given ma.-- terial, and that such spring members connected together and to the supporii parts of a vehicle or the like to which teched Without the inherent strength of i spring memberslbeing impaired or lessened in the slightest by reason or" the engagement of the fastening or attaching means therewith.

If desired, appropriate advertising znatstiffening piste 22 and the end i-lainpi' plates 17, as shown in the drawingsl (lbvious ly, my invention is susce itihle embodiment in forms other than that scribed herein and I. therefore consi my own all iniiidificstions and ads of the form of the device show and described, which do not depart from the i and scope of the invention as ilisclose. the foregoing and. as outlined in the pended cleiins.

What i claim is:

l. A guard coni 'irising :2, pair of spring members of general elliptical shape each having ii secondary loop {ii} an end thereof, means connecting the spring members for maintaining the letter in spaced relatioi'o and other means for attaching the spring membersto a support, such a vehicle frame.

52. A guard comprising pair of elliptical spring members, each having a. secondary loop, at an end thereof, a, longitudinal spring member for connectinglhe elliptical spring members one with the other, and. means for (lumping the longitudinal member adjzu cent to its opposite ends to the elliptical spring members.

2 A guard comprising a pair of elliptical spring members, each having; a secondary loop at an end thereof. a longiti'idinsl sprii 5 member for ooi'inecting the elliptical sprin members one \J'lbll the other, and means for clamping the longitudinal member adjacent to its opposite ends to the elliptical. spring members internietliatcly of the length of the latter.

4. A guard comprising a pair of elliptical spring inem. ers, each having a secondary loop at an end thereof, each having reversely curved front and backportions diverging from the ends of the loop toward the transverse ined'ial line of the spring member an additional spring member of general crew ate or bow-shape, means for clamping the end portions of the second named spring member to the front portions of the elliptical spring members intermediately or": the latter,

1 and means for attaching the back portions of the elliptical spring members to a support.

.5. A guard comprising 2. pair of spring weenie 1 of said spring members including imperfe- I by an integral loop portion thereof, a conrate front and back portions merged one into the other at one end of the said member by ,an integral loop portion thereof, a connecting spring member, means for clamping the v ends of the connecting spring member to the front portions of the elliptical spring memhers intermediately of the length of the lat- ,ter, and means engaging the back portions of the elliptical spring members intermediate of the length thereof for attaching the latter to spaced apart supports.

7., A guard comprising a pair-of spring members of general elliptical shape, each of said spring members including imperzforate front and back portions merged one into the other at one end of the said member neoting spring member, means for clamping the ends of the connecting spring member to the front portions of the elliptical spring members intermediat'ely of the length of the latter, and means engaging the back portions of the elliptical spring members intermediate of the-length thereof fo r attacliling the latter to mg size.

8. In a device of the character described,

a spring member of general elliptical shape,

said spring member being formed of a sin;

1e metallic bar having inherent spring quals ities andbeing bent to provide reversely curved front and back portions diverging from. the opposite ends thereof and being merged one into the other at one end thereof by an integral loop portion, and means for securing the opposite ends of said front and back portions together. v

9.. In a device of the character described, a spring member of general elliptical shape, said spring member comprising front and back members connected at one end by an integral loop. portion in such manner that the front and back portions are contiguous with respect to each other adjacent to the points at which merged into said loop portion and said loop portion extends rearwardly of the major axis of said elliptical spring member, and means ror connecting mote from the loop portion together.

10. in a device of the character described, a spring member of general elliptical conformation and comprising reversely curved front and back portions merged one into the other at one end by a loop portion, said front po'rtion'being formed at its outer end to'provide a hook portion and said back por- .the ends of the front and back portions re} tion being formed at its end adjacent to the I hook portion to lie between the extremity of the hook portion and the bodyof the front portion, and a clip holding the extremities of the hook and back portion against displacement relatively to each other and to the front portion of the spring member. spaced apart supports of itry-" Louis B. HAND. 

